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Has anyone used the new Innuos 2.0 Sense music app? Compared it to Roon?

I compared the two as I am a lifetime Roon customer.  I prefer the sound of the new Innuos Sense music app.  More natural and less electronic or digital sounding.  Not day and night, but better. My big issue is Innuos Sense does not seem to keep playing music, like Roon, when the album is complete.  Roon had a Radio switch that played artists similar to the artist as a continuous stream and I loved it.  Heard many new artists I loved this way.  
Anyone know if Innuos Sense has a similar setting? I can’t seem to find it. 
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arafiq
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@thyname That worked like a charm! Thank you again. 

However, I ran into another issue after using Squeezelite setting. When I try to play a DSD 128 file from my Zenith SSD, Roon converts it to PCM. Not only that it continues to down-convert it from 64 to 24 bit. The sound quality is seriously degraded. I have the Native DSD setting checked in Innuos. I will post the question on Roon forums but though I'd share it here as well in case someone else has faced the same problem.

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thyname
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You are welcome @arafiq 

 

I don’t think you can do native DSD with Squeezebox via Roon. You can however do DoP (DSD via PCM )

 

Go to Settings on Roon, then Audio, select your Zenith under Squeezebox, Device Setup little icon to the right, switch on DSD playback strategy 

antigrunge2
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Using the Zenith MK3 as both Roon server and endpoint over-taxes the low powered CPU chosen for noise and distortion issues by InnuOS, particularly if used with DSP. In direct comparison the Sense app has substantially better SQ, albeit at the price of lesser user friendliness.

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grannyring OP
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If you don’t use DSP Roon can easily be both core and end point. I used my Zenith for both and DSP with no issues a couple of years ago. My experience anyway. 

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arafiq
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@thyname Thanks once again. What I found out was that Innuos's Squeezelite version only supports up to DSD 64. I can clearly hear the difference between 64 and 128. Anyway, I'm now using Zenith as the 'regular' Roon core, and it works like a charm. Thanks for your assistance.

By the way, I tried to swap back and forth between sonicTrasporter i5 and Zenith as Roon cores, and honestly I can't tell any difference. They both sound fantastic. Also, maybe I'm in the minority here but I actually prefer Roon 1.8 (SQ-wise) to Sense 2.0. It is a bit fuller and I kinda like it. Sense is probably more neutral/accurate, and I can see how someone else might prefer it over Roon. Both are excellent, it's really a matter of preference at this point.

Now I'm trying to figure out how to 'merge' (not replace) music from sonicTransporter's Roon core to Zenith such that it does not replace what I already have in Zenith, but simply add on top of what already exists. 

I posted my query on Roon forums ...

 

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